Storm water management work in Waynesboro moving forward

Progress is being made on the remaining upgrades to part of Waynesboro's stormwater management system.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Dec. 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Updated Dec 26, 2012 at 10:21 AM

Posted Dec. 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Updated Dec 26, 2012 at 10:21 AM

By Denise Bonura

The Record Herald

WAYNESBORO — Progress is being made on the remaining upgrades to part of Waynesboro's stormwater management system.

Kevin Grubbs, director of borough engineering services, told Waynesboro Borough Council that highway occupancy permits have been obtained through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the borough is wrapping up its right-of-way and easement agreements with area residents to complete bypasses under South Potomac Street, Grant Street, Second Street and Snider Avenue.

Three separate contractors have been hired to finish the upgrades, which started with the widening of the Cemetery Avenue outfall in May 2011.

n A $347,635 contract was awarded to David H. Martin Excavating, Chambersburg, to replace pipes and increase inlet sizes along South Potomac Street from Main Street to Gay Street. Grubbs said the project is expected to take three months to complete.

n An $863,985 contract to Fayetteville Contractors for the South Grant Street bypass, which will add more piping at Second and Grant streets, travel under West Second Street and down to Snider Avenue, which is expected to take between four and six months to complete.

n A $1,971,654 contract was awarded to D.L. George and Sons, Waynesboro, for a mini-bypass that runs under South Potomac Street from Fifth Street to Ninth Street. Double-barreled pipe will be installed and the bypass will take stormwater runoff to the Cemetery Avenue outfall. This portion of the upgrades will take between nine months to a year to finish, Grubbs said.

"They are all looking at starting in mid- to late-January," Grubbs said. "There is a possibility we will have three contractors in town working at the same time."

Grubbs said he will keep council posted on start dates for construction.